March 2, 2020 | CP, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, March 1, 2020) SASKATOON, Sask. — It’s been nearly three months since the first of two CP oil trains derailed and spilled more than one million liters of diluted bitumen near the hamlet of Guernsey, Sask. Full story:...
February 28, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, February 26, 2020) OTTAWA — The train that derailed and spilled crude oil in northwestern Ontario last week was travelling at a speed that would have been prohibited just two days earlier. The CN Rail train was heading east at 70 kilometers per hour...
February 27, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Kallanish Energy, February 26, 2020) NEW YORK — Canadian crude oil rail shipments grew in December 2019, according to the Canadian Energy Regulator. The federal agency said more than 10.76 million barrels (Mmbbl) of oil were shipped by rail in 2019’s...
February 27, 2020 | CSX, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: www.nwitimes.com, February 26, 2020) EAST CHICAGO — Businesses were evacuated Wednesday night near a derailment of a train pulling crude oil tankers, eliciting response from police, firefighters and hazmat crews. A total of 18 cars derailed, and 41 cars...
February 26, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Freight Waves, February 25, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The coronavirus outbreak, truck market competition and crude-by-rail in Canada were key topics for Class I rail executives at recent investor conferences. Here’s a roundup. Full story: Freight...
February 25, 2020 | Canada, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Railway Age, February 24, 2020) NEW YORK — The derailment of two separate oil trains roughly two months apart near Guernsey, Sask., each spilling more than 300,000 gallons of crude onto the ground and one igniting into a smoldering inferno, plus the resulting...
February 21, 2020 | CP, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, February 20, 2020) GUERNSEY, Sask. — The Saskatchewan government says more oil spilled than previously thought during a train derailment earlier this month near the small hamlet of Guernsey. Citing new information from CP Rail, the government says...
February 20, 2020 | CP, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: CBC News, February 19, 2020) OTTAWA — A federal order for trains carrying dangerous goods to slow down after two fiery crashes near Guernsey, Sask., has been further revised by Transport Minister Marc Garneau. Garneau’s updated ministerial order,...
February 20, 2020 | CN, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Reuters, February 19, 2020) THUNDER BAY, Ont. — A Canadian National Railway Co freight train derailed in Ontario and started leaking crude oil, the company said on Wednesday, marking the second such incident in less than two weeks. About 30 cars came off the...
February 20, 2020 | Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Everett Herald opinion column by Derek Stanford and Mike Sells, February 19, 2020. State Sen. Derek Sanford, D-Bothell, represents the 1st Legislative District. State Rep. Mike Sells, D-Everett, represents the 38th Legislative District.) EVERETT, Wash. — Some...
